Hammer.



E. CUBRIR.

Patented Sept. 8, 1914.

Herminia.

,peciicetion of letters latenh meenten sept., s, i914.

ionisation November 2G, 1913. eriel No. 301,2514

of which the 'following is a specification.

This intention dit ted to improvements in nummers, and nas particularreerence to that dass of devices known'as claw hammers. 4

The prim-Ary object ot the invrfition is the nrovision of a iminmer otheabove nienioned chere-iti' r-nerein t` slot So ringed ne: to providerelrititeiy icingv and 'elyn Lilie roi-mer r y short @inw ineniiersrespect; u being conetruced to provide lirozid cutting edge tor the totf A further @lig rfi oi' the invention is the provision of e brice etthis character wherein the sint i' g the ciuw extends diagonally o5 thehead opening nt one side thereof to provide' relatively loner and shortclaw inemiiere respectively, the 'former having tiro-nd enitportion toprovide a eutting edge for the tool ot relative maximum width, 'whitethe letter terininetes rear. Werdiy ofthe pl; as not to contact Mtn tneniet el being cut. Vfitii these oogects; in View und which Wiii. appeares tire nature ot the in vention better understood, the same consists inthe specific construction and arrangement hereinafter more fullydescrii'ied, and particularly pointed ont in the. ep'- pended eieimt inthe (inn forming e part of this npplicetion and in which iile numeralsindicete simiifir parte in the severl views; Fig ure l is a perspectiveView of` my in'iproved hammer with the handle partly broken. Fig. 2 is:t top pien View. 3 is a side elevation.

Referring more pertieuierly te the drawing-5 indicates the heed oit thehammer provided with the neuei opening 5 inte which' :is secured theliendie '3" in ordinary and Well known manner. -ile dew 8 is deined bythe provision oT- e siot which is shown entends diegonsiiy from egoointof e'pjig'roxiy =e o' the cutting' edge soVA mately'eentrei ottile head 5, and opens at one side thereof. @Wing to the particulardisposition of the slot 9 the claw 8 Consists or reiativeiy tong andshort claw 'members l end 1l respectively 'for the purpose which Willhereinafter oedescribed. The outerv Wall ot the member l0 and the inner-Wall E2 of thelslot 0 nregcurved outwnrdlyin opposite directions froma' pointin line with tielinner end of ttiersiot thotighout the re-imaining portion of' the length o' the mem' ber to provide an endvportion of relative mexin'ium width which is sharpened to'proride acutting edge 1B for theitool. The inner wail 14 of the' member 11 iscurved in the Seme direction-as the Well 12 and ter-- minates et thepoint ot juncture 'with the outer walt 15 of said member rearwardly of'the plane ot the cuttingy edge 13 so its-not' to come ingcontact withthe material` being ent. und to further provide for thisend it wlltbenoted that the Width o the cutting edge 13 exceeds that ot any otherportion ot the hed and termina-tes atione end approximately in line withthe outer Walll l5 of the member 11. 0f course as Will be r edilyunderstood the claw is edapted` for extracting nails and the like, ontit will be manifest that by the specific disposition of the slot 9provision is made for themember, 10 whose Construction is such astodpermit of its use in the capacity 01"' unex;- lmtchet or the iike. twill be further obvious thatv owing to the reativediniensin of themembers l0 and 1l and the arrangement of the slot 9, the said member 11termintes considerably rearwardly of the ciitting edge 13 so esto beprotected'trom yinjuring and in` tei-tering with the 'work by coming 4incontact with the same when the deviceis used as an ax or the iike.

It is'ioelieved that from the oregoingdeserijotion.I when considered. inconnection with thedrewing, the nature'of my invention will betinderstood by those skilled in l wo

